|
We just call 'em baggers & they fill the bags. The IH & bagger were from last year, when we had a GREAT season (our silo's hold about 30 loads between the 2) and we put about 20 loads in the bag. It worked out pretty good, we rented a 10' bagger because all of his 8' units were out already for high moisture corn. The 8 footers take about 80 HP to run, the 10 footers take about 100, and they'll find a weak PTO in a hurry from what the guy told us (basically his disclaimer) We renetd the 986 to run the bagger but the clutch went out on the 18 right in the middle of filling the bag, so we had to switch and get it fixed later. The major pro with the bagger, is the capacity. My dad was unloading the wagons at almost 540 pto rpm's on the wagon, basically 2-4 times faster than we can shove it in the blower, although the 1600 takes it much faster on the blower than our 285 which is supposed to have a few more ponies. For winter feeding, yeah snow can be a pain, but we havn't had much snow the last couple(something like 7) years now so it wasn't much of a problem. Farmers that switch to all bags will generally pour a big slab of concrete to put the bags on so they don't make a mud slurry in wet weather. We just put up with the mud. If we ever have that much corn again, we won't hesitate to get another bagger unit. Better than running it on a pile. Overall, not a bad deal and cheaper than building another upright. Donovan from Wisconisn
| 
